How Many People Are Named David?
people named David are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 126 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,689,613 babies named David in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐⭐ Very Common
Peak Year
86,454 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian and Slovak form of DAVID.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name David (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named David alive today is about 52 years old, and 43% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
David first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1955, to 86,454 babies. In 2025, 6,801 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
David was the #1 boys' name in the US in 1960. It was in the top 10 for 57 years, 1936 to 1992. In 2025 it ranked #35.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #35 |
| Best rank | #1 (1960) |
| Years at #1 | 1 |
| Years in the top 10 | 57 |
| Years in the top 100 | 146 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named David alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named David were born in California than in any other state: about 308,423 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, David was given 1.3 times as often in Rhode Island, 1.2 times in Alaska and 1.2 times in Delaware.
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